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Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 08:18:27 +1000
Subject: Re: Python 3.2 has some deadly infection
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On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> wrote:
>> into the lowest seven bits of a byte, with the high byte left clear.
>
> high BIT left clear.

That thing. Unless you have bytes inside bytes (byteception?), you'll
only have room for one high bit. Some day I'll get my brain and my
fingers to agree on everything we do... but that day is not today.

ChrisA